Yes, I managed to set up Zotfile so that the name of the file matches the citekey. I was wondering if it is possible to create a field in that matches the cloud path where that file is accessible by a

I use download, renaming and classification of the all my data through Juris-M and Zotfile.

I believe zotfile can use the BBT citekey in renames.

I store all my pdf in a folder synched on a cloud service, and I use zotfile to give the pdf the same name as the citekey (using Better Bib Text). Externally stored files however cannot be opened from

I have been using Zotfile for years and the new PDF reader beta, so have some thoughts:

I'm also trying to re-link ZotFile attachments using Zutilo's "Modify attachment paths", but I'm having a slightly different bug to the one experienced by urbanizationist and qqbb.

Actually, on reflection, I was only using Zotfile chiefly to make .pdfs available on an iPad, so if iOS Zotero is imminent, I could get rid of Zotfile since it's not really being maintained. I'll burr

Ah, that's because this resource https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=4472&p=6647803 told me to uncheck this option in order to use Zotfile... so will Zotfile break if I check it again?

No. Zotfile isn't able to tell when/if metadata has been automatically retrieved, so auto-moving-and-linking doesn't work when dragging a PDF to Zotero. It does work when a PDF is auto-attached while

I have kind of a related question - when I drag a PDF into my library it appears that the file is stored locally, and I have to go to "Remame Attachments" to get ZotFile to create the linked copy. Is

@dstillman I still rely on some customization that Zotfile offer for extracting annotation; Could be possible to make optionally an exported file linked to Zotero item? (even through advanced confi

I see that there is a new pdf reader preview (https://www.zotero.org/support/pdf_reader_preview) that may facilitate this, but some of the comments I've seen suggest I also need Zotfile (https://forum

I have recently started using Zotero with ZotFile to manage and annotate PDFs. I am still trying to figure out a workflow/best practices for keeping things organized, and I was hoping for some input f

Note Zotfile only works for files attached to items, not for top-level files.

I have recently installed Zotfile. New citations save PDFs to my stipulated custom location. How can I move attachment files for existing citations though?

If I want to keep my annotations, I can't use ZotFile to move files, so I'm not sure how to move them instead. If I copy a pdf attachment for an item from the Zotero storage directory to my Google Dri

For (2), that's not what the Linked Attachment Base Directory does (as explained there). Only ZotFile will move files.

Thank you, that makes sense. I think I have two problems with the Zotero stored files renaming, which made me use ZotFile instead:

ZotFile hasn't been updated since the Zotero beta came out and will indeed currently delete any existing annotations. We can only vouch for the built-in functionality.

and I can edit them. After importing, I use ZotFile to achieve (2): rename and move all pdf files to my Google Drive folder. Indeed, ZotFile's "rename attachments" functionality gets all my files nic